230 Project - Week 10

Today I'm feeling what we here at the Strickland house
call Cranky Pants.

So, this is going to be a short post. :)




Day 64: 7/18/11

Barry's brother Billie has moved in with us for
a short while. He has moved in at a very opportune time
since Barry will be working in Dallas for the next couple
of months so it will be comforting to have someone
else in the house while he is gone. :)

With the layout of our house, it made more sense for him
to move in to our former office and our former office
was moved into our former guest bedroom. We only had
a single day's heads up so we had to just shove things around
pretty quickly. I'm terrified to go through all of this stuff
but I'm also really motivated since I really love my new office.

:)

Day 65:

I discovered the Instangram app and I am now
thoroughly addicted. You take a photo, load it into
the app, add a filter and border and boom!

What used to be an ok photo of your daily life has
now been fun-ified! Expect to see a lot of these photos
coming up.

Day 66:

Pitt-i-full.

Day 67:

I have discovered that I really don't like to play monopoly.

Actually, I really enjoy monopoly but I DO NOT enjoy
finishing monopoly. In my family we don't finish the game,
we gracefully concede defeat so I've never finished a game...
until this night.

I. whooped. Barry's. butt.

And I hated it.

Make no mistake, I love winning (insert Charlie Sheen WINNING!)
but I really didn't care for the brutal way in which it is done with
monopoly. And Barry had no mercy. I was like I'm done, I've won,
we don't need to play this out to the bloody end and he made me
do it. I really didn't care for it. :) It was really weird. Every
time he rolled the dice he landed on one of my hotel-ed
properties but EVERY time I rolled the dice I landed one
of my own properties or some other safe place. I think I landed on
his properties five times in the entire game.

So this is a photo of the board after I won. Notice
I have ALL the properties and ALL the money...
Barry got to keep his beer. :)

I think I would have felt better had I lost.

Day 68:

I bought a slipcover from Anna's Linens (on sale!) to
cover up our cream loveseat that has been stained from
everything you can imagine. I miss having the light color in
the room, but I really like seeing a non-stained loveseat.

Day 69:

More Instagram-y goodnes!

This is our cat Slickers. :)

She is very shy.

Day 70:

This photo cracks me up.

It might get framed and put up in our house. :)

-Ri

Broccoli Casserole-y Goodness!!!!

I made Broccoli Casserole for my dinner tonight...
and I'm having a small love affair with it.

;D

I just modified your basic broccoli casserole to
reflect my personal preferences.

Maria's Broccoli Casserole of Awesomeness:

1-Large Package of Success Instant Brown Rice (3 Cups Cooked)
3-Fresh Crowns of Chopped Broccoli (15ish Ounces)
16-oz. Colby Jack Shredded Cheese
1-Can Cream of Mushroom Condensed Soup
1-Can Cream of Potato Condensed Soup
1/4-cup of Butter
Fresh Ground Black Pepper
Sea Salt to taste
1/2ish-cup of Parmesan Cheese (optional)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
1. Cook Rice according to package instructions.
2.Mix everything (except Parmesan Cheese) in a LARGE bowl.
3. Pour everything into a 13x9 Baking dish
4. Bake for 30 minutes
5. Top the dish with the Parmesan Cheese
6. Bake for 10 minutes

7.Eat it!

This is like the easiest recipe ever! A lot of recipes
just call for 20 oz. of frozen chopped broccoli which is definitely
cheaper but not as good in my opinion. Some people steam
the broccoli before they put it in the baking dish which
just seems like a redundant step to me.

What I love about Broccoli Casserole is that you can
change it up without making it any more difficult.

For instance, you can use cream of chicken soup, cream of
broccoli soup, cream of whatever soup you want to put in there!
lol and you can add a bit of shredded canned chicken to
make a more hearty meal. Get creative! It's fun!

And...because I'm silly....
when I put the casserole on my plate...
I add a bit of lemon pepper and cayenne to the top.

Don't knock it till you try it!

:)

-Ri

ps. If when you're done it doesn't look like the picture I have
included in this post - do not be alarmed, this is a pic of someone
else's casserole so more than likely it will look different. :)

She really is a weird cat. It is almost impossible to get a good pic of her.

She really is a weird cat. Almost impossible to get a good pic of her., a photo by maria_elizondo123 on Flickr.

hehe. I'm playing with Flickr. Do not be alarmed if this post makes no sense. :)